Pearl Jam
October 2, 1996
Meadows Music Theatre: Hartford, CT
Taper: unknown
Source: Sounds like a soundboard recording. Possibly ripped from bootleg CD "Make Yourself
Comfortable...It's Pearl Jam" which claims to be from the soundboard.
CD > WAV > SHN: unknown
Equipment: unknown
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Disc 1:
01 - Intro - 02:20
02 - Long Road - 05:12
03 - Hail, Hail - 03:38
04 - Animal - 02:37
05 - Last Exit - 02:50
06 - In My Tree - 04:10
07 - Corduroy - 05:01
08 - Better Man - 03:58
09 - Not For You - 08:31
10 - Jeremy - 05:08
11 - Red Mosquito - 03:43
12 - Black - 06:36
13 - Rearviewmirror - 06:19
14 - Lukin - 01:05
15 - Small Town - 04:14
Total: 65:29
Disc 2:
01 - State Of Love And Trust - 04:06
02 - Footsteps - 05:06
03 - Alive - 06:14
04 - Blood/(Fame/Noise Of Carpet) - 05:07
05 - Porch - 06:33
06 - Encore Break - 04:58
(Encore 1)
07 - Who You Are - 04:11
08 - Even Flow - 05:05
09 - Daughter/(The Real Me/WMA) - 07:08
10 - Leaving Here - 03:29
11 - Present Tense - 05:51
12 - Encore Break/Ed Talks - 01:48
(Encore 2)
13 - Yellow Ledbetter - 05:56
14 - Outtro - 00:57
Total: 66:38
Notes (from 5H):
Great long show with a very talkative Ed. During 'Not For You' Ed talks
about the meaning of the song, saying it's not directed towards fans, but
"a different entity ... someone who thinks they're more important than the
people making the music; the people listening to the music; or the music
itself. And this is just a reminder that they're not." 'Alive' is started
and stopped, because of technical problems. Ed sings 'Footsteps', while
everything is straightened out.
Part of the fence comes down during 'Blood' and a near riot ensues. (In
reality, when the barrier came down, security guards began using pepper
spray. The wind was blowing into the pavilion, forcing people with seats
to venture nearer the stage to escape it, making it seem like there was a
mad rush to the stage.) During 'Porch' Ed tries to calm the crowd down
while Mike plays a little part of Chicago's '25 or 6 to 4'. Ed says, "It's
like swimming on coral ... there are chairs and people below you, settle
down!" "Darlin' you don't want to be up there. That's for the people up
front. The people up top you guys go fuckin' nuts! But the people up front
settle down." Before they start 'Who You Are', Ed tries to calm the crowd:
"It's a little crazy up here. You can sit down, it's cool. I can see you
all if you sit, or stand, you can see me too. Ok, the next three words for
the next five minutes are Peace and Love." He changes the second line of
the second verse saying, "fuck the stage divers." After the song he
reiterates, "This is all good. We're going to keep playing but I want to
change the policy in the front row here. Security, you listening? Usually
you come over the top you get two, three chances. You guys, anybody who comes
over the top, you're going out. Just stay on the floor, you got it, ok?
You look good where you are. Just stay where you are." For the 'Daughter'
tag, Ed gets the crowd to sing along, "like in New York" to 'The Real Me.'